Tail-light and number-plate for motor-vehicles.



m. LISONBEE. TAIL LIGHT AND NUMBER PLATE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION HLEU JUNE 29, |9 l5.

' gwummm j L'sonBee Patented hfly 17 genius in. LISQNIBEE, or. roarnucnnsivn, uTAH, ASSIGNOR Tom. 0. LISONBEE, or

MESA. ARIZONA.

' Tarn-LIG T AND NU BER-mars FOR *Laaacw.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T; LISONBEE, a citizenof the United .Sta'tes,residing at Fort Duchesne, in the county of Uintah, and State of Utah,

new and useful Improvements in "Tail- Lights and Number-Platesfor'Motor-Ve are interchangeable so -that any numberor.

hicles; andI do hereby declare the follow-- Y ing to be a full, clear,and exactdescription (-510 skilled in the art of the invention, such aswill enable others make and use the same. v

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in -tail' lightsand number plates for motor vehicles and the like and the principalobject of the invention is to provide a-combined tail light and numberAnother object of the invention is to provide in the numerals are easilydistinguishable and may be read without inconvenience..,-

A further object of the invention is to provide a devicewherein thenumber plates combination of numbers may be placed in the devicethusenabling the same to *under varying conditions.

With these and other objects in view, the

be used .invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement ofparts which will be fully set forth in the following speci 'fication andaccompanying drawings, in

, cover partially whichr- Figure 1 .is a top plan view of'a tail lig tand number plate constructed in accordance" with-this invention showingthe broken away to more clearly illustrate the details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the device, and Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view on line 3 -3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates as an'entirety the casing comprising a bottom ,2 having theside wall 3 secured thereto and the end Walls 4, said side and end wallsbeing of an equal height. Hinged as at 5 to the side wall is thebracket,7 comprising body 8 having the set screw 9 ex-- .jfheld on the Walls 3 bmeg.

have invented certain to which it appertains to I the numbers areretained. plate which is visible in the day light or :.a fter*=dark-.

anilluminated number plate wheres These flanges 17 wall 3 is the cover 6and carried thatin use the device is endof the vehicle in Moron-VHICLES.

thereto asat 11 A curved reflector plate 12 is supported withinthe'casingand extends from the forward front corner of the casing 1n anarcuate path so as to engage the are bent into provlde the purpose ofwhich will be I 'lPatentedJ'uly 1'7, 1917. Application lile'd June 29-,1915. Serial N 0. 37,008!

The opposite which will appear as the description proceeds.

slides in which A suitable conupper. ends of in Figs. 2 and flanges 13insupporting the rectangular frame 15' is positioned witllin-thecasingand is arranged to abutvthe inner side of the connecting bar 15'andflange 13.. Secured to the upper and lower bars of the rectangularframej l5 are relatively spaced trough-shaped bars. 16, the walls ofwhich are provided at their free ends with outwardly extending flangesl7.

form retainers for the slides 18, which carry the numbers or lettersdesignated by the numeral 19. A suitable'glas's plate or panel 20 isarranged between the flanges 17 of the bars 16 and the inturned flanges12 of the reflector 12. The flanges l7 and frame 15 define pocketsbetween the walls of the'bars 16 for permitting of'the insertion of aplurality of the number plates or slides 18 therein. The plate. or panelis so disposed as to permit the numbers on the plates or slides 18 to be.read either in the dark or light. I

In order to illuminate the casing after dark, there is provided in thecentral portion of the bottom Wall, a suitable lamp socket 21, in whichthe lamp bulb 22 is mounted. It is to be-understood however The cover 6is formed with a suit able flange 14, which cooperates-with the are theflanges 13, the use of that any other suitable lighting device mayilluminate the insothat the letters may be provided which will terior 0fthe casing be seen afterdark. It will beapparent.

from the foregoing tail light and the attached to the rear place of-theordinary 1 v .ipReQ'in-P ts t e th t the p ep r 1 the combination andarrangementof parts as will fall within the spirit and scope'of theappended claim.

What is claimed is A device ofthe class ing a casing hav'ing'a bottomwall, side walls, and end walls forming an openside, a transverselyextending flange formed on the forward edge of the bottom Wall, a

hinged cover for said casing, a connecting bar secured byits oppositeends to the upper edges of the end walls, and extending transverselyacross the open side of the casing, a rectangular frame arranged in saidcasing and abutting the inner'side of the flange and connecting bar, aplurality of troughshaped retaining. members secured to the upper andlower bars of the frame,-= said retaining members spaced apart, and thedescribed com-prisopposite walls of said trough-shaped members beingbent outwardly to form flanges. a curved reflector plate extending fromone corner of the casing back to the rear of the casing and to theopposite forward corner thereof, said reflector plate having itsopposite ends bent inwardly toward one another to provide flanges, atransparent plate arranged between the flanges of the troughshapedmembers and the flanges of the refieotor, said frame and flanges of thetroughshaped members defining pockets between the side walls of thetrough-shaped members, a plurality of interchangeable number plates orslides fitted in the pockets formed by the trough-shaped members andtransparent plate, and means in themasing in the rear of the plate toilluminate the slides or plates. In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. LISUNlH-Il'l.

Witnessesz.

Hose-x F. LISOXllEE, JAMES M. SHAl-FER.

